HP AP775A Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference Guide - Release 4.x (OL-1808 - Page 810

npiv enable Chapter 16 N Commands Send documentation comments to [email protected] npiv enable To enable N Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV) for all VSANs on a switch, use the npiv enable command in configuration mode. To disable NPIV, use the no form of the command. npiv enable no npiv enable Syntax Description This command has no arguments or keywords. Defaults Disabled. Command Modes Configuration mode. Command History Release 3.0(1) Modification This command was introduced. Usage Guidelines NPIV provides a means to assign multiple port IDs to a single N Port. This feature allows multiple applications on the N Port to use different identifiers and allows access control, zoning, and port security to be implemented at the application level. You must globally enable NPIV for all VSANs on the MDS switch to allow the NPIV-enabled applications to use multiple N Port Identifiers. Note All of the N Port Identifiers are allocated in the same VSAN. Examples The following example enables NPIV for all VSANs on the switch. switch# config terminal switch(config)# npiv enable The following example disables NPIV for all VSANs on the switch. switch(config)# no npiv enable Related Commands Command show interface Description Displays interface configurations. 16-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference OL-18089-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x